Afghan man sentenced to death for reading about women's rights
Duration: 10:42
Sharia courts in Afghanistan have sentenced Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh to death for reading an article on woman's rights. In this video, members of the Council of Ex-Muslims and others are protesting the Afghan government and are demanding that Kambakhsh be released. Credit: Iranian Secular Society http://www.iransecularsociety.com/ Other links: Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain http://www.ex-muslim.org.uk/ The Afghan who dared to read about woman's rights http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sentenced-to-death-afghan-who-dared-to-read-about-womens-rights-775972.html Lawyer demands release for Afghan reporter on death row http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/10/09/lawyer-demands-release-for-afghan-reporter-on-death-row.html Petitions and Groups to save Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh: Facebook groups: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7560684603&ref=mf http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10594305878&ref=mf Reporters without Borders petition: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=25199 CFI petition: http://ga1.org/campaign/CFI_Karzai_Letter Are you a British citizen? (Petition to stop Sharia Law) http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/shariastop/
